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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of student was Churchill in his early school years?

2. Who changed Churchill's mind during the Irish Rebellion?

3. What disease took the life of Churchill's father?

4. What was daughter, Mary Soams, description of her mother's nature?

5. What was Churchill's relationship with his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John Keegan find when he came to New York to study?

2. What did Jan Smuts and his "bitterenders" introduce the Western world to?

3. What kind of student was Churchill?

4. What did Churchill learn from his Army experience?

5. How did Churchill end up leading the 21st Lancers?

6. What first caught John Keegan's attention about Churchill?

7. What did Churchill do after leaving the Army?

8. During the time of increased German and American economic power, what did Churchill support, despite it becoming less popular with his party?

9. What kinds of things tainted the line of the Duke of Marlborough for generations? Who restored it's good name?

10. What was the political climate when the author was a young adult in Britain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Churchill had great foresight regarding certain political, military, and social issues. What were some of these issues? How did his fellow parliamentary members respond to his ideas and warnings?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the United States of America was taken from passive participant in WWII to actively fighting in the war. What specifically did the United States do as a passive participant and what spurred them to take an active role in the war?

Essay Topic 3

Churchill warned that "a European war cannot be anything but a cruel, heartrending struggle, which, if we are ever to enjoy the fruits of victory, must demand, perhaps for several years, the whole manhood of the nation, the entire suspension of peaceful industries, and the concentration to one end of every vital energy of the community." Discuss how you feel this quote applies to us and the current war on terror we are involved in today.

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